How to Use the Repertory

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How to Use the Repertory, by Glen Irving Bidwell, was published in 1915. As a student of Kent's Bidwell had the opportunity to learn the proper application of the repertory. This work is his effort to disseminate this knowledge as widely as possible.

There are two sections to this book. The first covers the use of Kent's Repertory; the second part is a materia medica of 40 remedies.

Bidwell utilized the second edition of Kent's Repertory as he felt this was "the most simple and satisfying to use". He felt that the repertory was never made or intended to take the place of the materia medica.

Bidwell stressed the fact that "it must never replace our constant study and use of the pathogenesis of our remedies, it should be used as an index to lighten the task of memory in storing the vast symptomatology of our remedies."

After the repertory work leads the homeopath to the most likely remedy, the selection of the remedy needs to be confirmed by reading its pathogenesis in the materia medica.

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Heritage

An excellent little book to guide the student through the intricacies of Kent's Repertory.

Julian Winston writes:
Written by someone who learned it first-hand from Kent.

From:
The Heritage of Homoeopathic Literature
copyright 2001 by Julian Winston
Reprinted with the permission of the author

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Contents

Part 1 - How to Use the Repertory 11-69
Taking the Case 11-12
Three Injunctions 13
Three Directions of Cure 14-17
The Three Miasms 17-20
Three Mistakes 21-23
How to Find Remedy 24
Index to Arrangement of Kent's Repertory 25-33
From Generals to Particulars 34-37
Generals Divided into Three Grades 38-40
Particular and Common Symptoms 41-44
Grades of Drug Symptoms 45-46
Repertory Analysis, Dosage and Repetition 46-50
Cases Illustrating Repertory Work 51-52
Repertory Analysis 53-68
Form of Case Record 68-69

Part 2 - Analysis of Forty Homeopathic Remedies 71-125
Arnica 72-82
Suggestions As to Method of Study and Use of the Following Analysis 83-85
Forty Remedies 85-86
Cold and Aggravation From Cold 86-89
Warmth and Aggravation From Warmth 90-92
Restlessness 92-94
Irritability 95-96
Fear 97-99
Tearfulness 99-100
Aggravation from Lying 100-102
Aggravtion from Motion 102-104
Aggravation During Afternoon 105
Aggravation After Midnight 106
Aggravation After Sleep 107
Aggravation from Pressure 108-109
Relief from Pressure 110
Thirst 111-112
Aggravation From Eating and After Eating 113-115
Burning Pains 116-118
Cutting Pains 118-120
Sore Pans 120-121
Throbbing Pains 122
Cramping Pains 123-124
Bursting Pains 124-125
Index 127-128

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